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How often does a sitting US president visit Tampa Bay? You’d be surprised.

Florida may not be quite the presidential swing state it once was. In the 2020 election, with its electorate shifting gradually to the right, Sunshine State voters went for Donald Trump — only the ... Read More

Politics threaten tax revenue for Hillsborough schools

A decision could come this week ... Florida Politics Florida survey of college students asks: Does a vote for Trump or Biden end a friendship?Yesterday• The Education Gradebook The Tampa Bay ... Read More

Biden’s latest move in Florida: Sending 3 Democratic operatives to the front lines

Some in Florida are concerned. The announcement, which was first reported Friday by Politico Florida, is the second major campaign rollout for Biden this week ... the state’s politics into ... Read More

Money, fans, politics and the value of a baseball stadium in Tampa Bay

This rendering shows a promenade that would be part of the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines ... We’ll send you news and analysis on the Bucs, Lightning, Rays and Florida’s college football teams ... Read More

Florida 3, Tampa Bay 2

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Trump mostly silent on Florida’s 6-week abortion ban. He’ll say more next week.

Well before Donald Trump stormed onto the political scene nearly ... abortion hard-liners, at times. Last year, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the six-week abortion ban into law, Trump ... Read More

Here’s when we’ll know the fate of Florida’s abortion, marijuana amendments

It would undo Florida’s current 15-week ban and block a possible six-week ban that legislators passed last year. If allowed on the ballot, it will be Amendment 4. The Supreme Court has been ... Read More

Are Florida politics really getting redder? Data shows Democrats have an opening this election.

Sure the Republicans dominated the 2022 mid-term elections at the top. But that’s no reason to automatically put the Sunshine State into Donald Trump’s win total just yet. As evidence will demonstrate ... Read More

Will Hillsborough’s half-cent tax survive politics to get on the ballot?

Kemp told the Tampa Bay Times she would be willing to entertain fewer years “in the spirit of compromise” — though not the shortest time period, she said. Commissioners Michael Owen and ... Read More

What Tampa Bay lawmakers are saying about Florida’s 6-week abortion ban

she has no say in Florida law. She said abortion is an issue that should be determined by individual states. Here’s what other Tampa Bay area representatives had to say about the six-week ban. Read More

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